Alpha personalities Bill Ackman is among the hedge-fund honchos lionized by Maneet Ahuja in her book “The Alpha Masters.”Heidi Gutman/CNBC

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There is no shortage of books on the brilliance of hedge-fund managers, with less regard for their flaws.

Now we have Maneet Ahuja’s “The Alpha Masters” (Wiley, $29.95) to add to the list.

Like previous industry books (Katherine Burton’s “Hedge Hunters” or Sebastian Mallaby’s “More Money Than God”), it follows a simple formula: A series of star money-managers talk about buying stocks as a childhood hobby, offer details of a few blockbuster deals and impart some investing maxims to the masses — jargon notwithstanding.

Ahuja has used her clout as a producer on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” to land interviews with many of the fund stars of the moment. After bringing them to your TV screen, she’s now immortalized them in print.

Some, like David Tepper of Appaloosa Management, come across as alive and fascinating, warts and all. James Chanos’ analysis of China’s hidden problems is likewise fascinating.

However, a few profiles appear to have been heavily vetted by the managers themselves — and come off a bit stilted as a result. (A telltale sign is when quotation marks are missing around sentences with the word “we.”)

Still, Ahuja has amassed an impressive list. One surprising choice is newcomer Boaz Weinstein of Saba Capital. Now that The Post has revealed him to be the man who harpooned JPMorgan’s London Whale, Bruno Iksil (whose disastrous trading bets cost the bank $2 billion and counting — to contrarian Weinstein’s benefit), Ahuja’s foresight to showcase him comes off as a coup.

As Ahuja’s fellow hedge-fund booster and CNBC regular Anthony Scaramucci notes in his excellent new hedge-fund primer, “The Little Book of Hedge Funds,” most people can’t invest in hedge funds. You need $1 million in assets (excluding your home) or income of more than $200,000 to do so. Moreover, to saddle up with the stars can require a $10 million minimum investment.

The average person trying to salvage his 401(k) can only dream of such riches. But he can see what activist managers like Bill Ackman are up to. Ackman appears on CNBC and in Ahuja’s book not to win over investors, but to promote his own portfolio — or “talk his book” as they say in the industry.

As a result, Ahuja should strengthen her disclaimer: Following the big money can be profitable, but it’s also risky. Retail investors in Facebook’s initial public offering learned that the hard way.